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[Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba] – Vintage Print

[Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba], c1918. — historic print
[Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba], c1918.. Historic print from the Latin America collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba], preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba]

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The Castillo de la Fuerza is the oldest standing stone fort in the Western Hemisphere, built in the 1550s on the western edge of Havana harbor to guard the city against raids by European rivals. This c1918 photomechanical print, held by the Library of Congress, shows the fort as it looked in the early twentieth century, when Havana was being remade as a modern capital and its colonial landmarks drew the attention of tourists and photographers. The copyright notation on the record points to the print's publication as a mass-produced image, a common way for views of Cuban sites to reach American readers at the time.

Created / publishedc1918.
Medium1 photomechanical print.
GenrePhotomechanical prints 1910-1920.
NotesK128556 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsForts & fortifications--Cuba--Havana--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 946 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167352

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